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, that she and
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her said Husband have not Cohabited together for
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some Months. That she lived in a small Appartment
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27."Instant October her said Husband came to
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her and told her he had got an other lodging for
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her and insisted on her going with him to see
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it. That she left Enfeild with him about two
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o'Clock and stopt once on the Road and had
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a pint of beer. That boat Seven o'Clock in
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the Evening being very Dark, he took her into
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a narrow lane. and asked her for the key of her
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Lodging, which she refused to give him, saying,
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she must first see the Lodging he had taken,
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on which he knocked her down with a large
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Stick he had in hand and beat her about
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her Head and face in a most horrid manner.
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when she fell down, and does not know what
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